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Taxon:  Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Kigelia
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Nomen number:
70392
Place of publication:
J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 463. 1849
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
05/02/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Crescentia pinnata Jacq.
Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
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  3. Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
  4. Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 1:254-257.
  5. Compton, R. H. The flora of Swaziland. 1976
  6. Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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  9. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
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  12. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  13. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). 1967-
  14. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  15. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  16. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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Common names
English
sausagetree –
French
saucissonnier –
German
Leberwurstbaum –
Spanish
árbol de las salchichas –
Swedish
korvträd –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCote D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial GuineaBioko 
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko], Rwanda, Zaire
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70392. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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